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Topic: Who are you? [#2780] (Read 3964 times)

Normally a website has a link to “About Us” explaining who you are, the history of your organization, the purpose of your organization, etc, etc. I see nothing on your website that tells me anything about the author(s) of the writings contained on this website. Why is that? That leads me to the rational conclusion that;

1. All is not what it appears to be. Are you one person or an organization?

2. You want to remain in the shadows for some reason.

3. Maybe I’ve simply not found the information about who you are and your purposes in writing about whether God is real or not.

4. I assume you are atheist based and trying to prove your case.

5. There may exist the possibility that the only valid religion is one that is totally personal.

I have a distaste for organized religions myself as I’ve seen the dark side of them too often. Money and power is at the root of every one of them from my experience. It’s not a lot different than Democrats and Republicans.

Come out and let us see who you are and then I’ll make a rational/logical conclusion of what your write.

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[On how kangaroos could have gotten back to Australia after the flood]: Don't kangaroos skip along the surface of the water? --Kenn

Come out and let us see who you are and then I’ll make a rational/logical conclusion of what your write.

Hello, LW, thank you for writing.

The validity or non-validity of any particular argument has nothing to do with the person who is offering said argument. That being the case, there is no need for you to know who the author of the web site is in order to formulate a response -- in fact, to take the author's identity into account before responding would probably constitute a logical fallacy.

Nevertheless, if you must know, the author's name is Marshall Brain. He does not participate in this forum, however, and he does not respond to correspondence. But you are certainly more than welcome to join us here to discuss the material further.

Normally a website has a link to “About Us” explaining who you are, the history of your organization, the purpose of your organization, etc, etc. I see nothing on your website that tells me anything about the author(s) of the writings contained on this website. Why is that?

The website is a grass roots movement, hence no particular organization. People come and go as they please, no tithing necessary.

I have a distaste for organized religions myself as I’ve seen the dark side of them too often. Money and power is at the root of every one of them from my experience. It’s not a lot different than Democrats and Republicans.

Any organization can be subjected to control by stupid people -- religion and politics haven't cornered the market on stupid behavior.

At the bottom, there is reference to an author, Marshall Brain. I believe he may have some responsibility for this web site, although has since moved on. I may be incorrect. But in those links, there is a phrase:

Hey, for the most part, we don't even know who we are. We have lots of screen names, and lots of opinions, but with one or two exceptions we wouldn't know each other if we met walking down the street. Most of us are non-believers, but always have a few believers around. And we discuss issues of importance. And sometimes the trite. I forget which is which.

If you really need to know who we are, I suggest that you get a job with the that agency that, you know, Nastily Spies on Americans. They presumably spy on those from other countries too. And let us know what you find out.

I am your worst nightmare. A person trying to get you to accept the bitter pill of reality.

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An Omnipowerful God needed to sacrifice himself to himself (but only for a long weekend) in order to avert his own wrath against his own creations who he made in a manner knowing that they weren't going to live up to his standards.

Who I am is outside your concern. Who we are is a community of mostly like-minded people (with regards to our lack of religious belief) plus the occasional dissenting theist (and sometimes atheist / agnostic) to keep us from getting too stagnant.

Hope to see you around.

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Live a good life... If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. I am not afraid.--Marcus Aurelius

You can call me George, if it makes you feel better. I'm from the future, by the way.

Sure its great up there in your high rises and flying cars, while we here down on the ground have to deal with the CHUDS and the roving bands of mohwak guys on motercycles looking for gasoline.

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An Omnipowerful God needed to sacrifice himself to himself (but only for a long weekend) in order to avert his own wrath against his own creations who he made in a manner knowing that they weren't going to live up to his standards.

No, you're nothing. You don't exist. We're actually not even having a conservation right now, you just think we are because I allow you to think we are. The same goes for everyone else who speaks to you.

You're just a figment of our imagination. If we all stopped talking to you, you'd understand.

I's The Irradiated Imbecile, The Massive Moron, The Beast from the East (if you happen to live in the west)*cue Motorhead's March Or Die*I's The Armenian Beast!Here have tumbler of fermented cabbage juice.

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2 Interwebs 7:42And in the seventh year, thou shalt cast out the Nam from thine assembly for he haveth a potty mouth.

5. There may exist the possibility that the only valid religion is one that is totally personal.

Is it me or does this point seem to be completely disjointed from everything else in this message?

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"When we landed on the moon, that was the point where god should have come up and said 'hello'. Because if you invent some creatures, put them on the blue one and they make it to the grey one, you f**king turn up and say 'well done'."

Great track-and also a weird program.You can translate metal on the fly? WOWI cannot always tell what is being sung/shouted in my native language never mind translate it.You are truly talented. Glad the kids are into the metal though, must make you very proud